Rails: Merb, _I_ am your father.
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Rails and Merb Merge
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Re: Rails and Merb Merge
#22Wow, I almost wish it were April Fools Day... For someone who loves Merb and had decided to leave Rails behind (as much as possible), I have very mixed feelings about this. If this means Rails will start to feel more like Merb, fantastic! Otherwise? I have a feeling it'll be a long while before I really know how to feel about this... It'll be interesting to see how well this merger actually works in practice. It seem…
Ramaze
Re: Rails and Merb Merge
#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
How can the Ruby community splinter between two competing web frameworks? The entire Ruby-using population does not need to agree on a web framework. There can be smaller communities around various projects and frameworks within the Ruby community. In fact, I would think that it would be vital to Ruby's advancement and evolution. You mention that Rails being the dominant web framework is a strength and in the same se…
the problem of too much choice: http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/09/barry-schwartz-on-why-too-m...
That's a completely valid problem, but at best it's debatable whether it applies to Ruby web frameworks. There's not exactly a plethora of mature web frameworks available. Rails and Merb seemed to be the most firmly established frameworks with a few others like Sinatra, Camping and Ramaze sprouting up.
I think the too much choice problem applies much more when you're installing a Linux distribution and you have to choose from 40 different text editors or IM clients. Who has the time or the inclination to evaluate each one?
Re: Rails and Merb Merge
#24If you can't beat 'em...
Re: Rails and Merb Merge
#25It's really great!
http://www.railsgeek.com
Re: Rails and Merb Merge
#26so much for "no code is faster than no code"
Re: Rails and Merb Merge
#27Can't wait for Zed to weigh in!
Re: Rails and Merb Merge
#28I love this. I was just torn about learning Merb and worried about how the Rails community was slowing down. This should inject some much needed energy as well as introduce some of Merb's awesome features into Rails. Great move.
Re: Rails and Merb Merge
#29My brain knows it's the middle of December, but I had to check to make sure it wasn't April 1st. This is exactly the type of headline we see every year on April 1st. Crazy that it's real.
Re: Rails and Merb Merge
#30Wow, I almost wish it were April Fools Day... For someone who loves Merb and had decided to leave Rails behind (as much as possible), I have very mixed feelings about this. If this means Rails will start to feel more like Merb, fantastic! Otherwise? I have a feeling it'll be a long while before I really know how to feel about this... It'll be interesting to see how well this merger actually works in practice. It seem…
It's open source... fork it. I'm sure someone will.